November 2015 – Women & Investing

>> Back to November 2015 Issue Global Divest-Invest Coalition Announces Major Commitments as World Leaders Gather at UN; Thousands of new commitments represent a 50-fold increase in one year The movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy and climate solutions has exploded, growing 50-fold in just one year and topping $2.6

Report Identifies Opportunities for Transparency, Social Responsibility Impact Most U.S. large cap companies are still lagging in efforts to affect positive change with regard to global humanitarian issues, according to research released in September 2015 by a leading non-profit organization, Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN). However, there are also high performers, which are typically in industries

>> Back to June/July 2018 Issue FossilFreeFunds.org accelerates the transition to a clean energy future A new website www.FossilFreeFunds.org was unveiled recently by shareholder advocacy nonprofit As You Sow, using Morningstar fund holding data and in collaboration with Fossil Free Indexes (The Carbon Underground 200TM,) the Carbon Tracker Initiative, BrightScope, and HIP investor. This new,

Firm’s Premier ESG Offering Focused on ‘Sustainable Investing’ Thornburg Investment Management (TIM) launched the Thornburg Better World International Fund (Ticker symbols: TBWAX, TBWIX, TBWCX), effective September 30, 2015. The primary investment objective is long-term capital appreciation, and the fund is designed to seek a high level of risk-adjusted returns by investing in high-quality, attractively priced

>> Back to November 2015 Issue InvestWithValues.com is the leading gateway for the sustainable, responsible and impact investing community with its free educational resource directory and news center. To meet the growing demand for information on social and impact investment opportunities, leading global resources, relevant content, investment professionals, Brian Kaminer, a consultant and experienced impact

by Elsie Maio, Founder of Humanity, Inc and SoulBranding Institute As if on cue, the bad news on Volkswagen exploded at deadline for this article. Its harsh flash illuminates the state of the art of ES+G analysis – that is, the practice of profiling the risk to investors of a company’s posture and practices on

by Nancy Reyes, Founder & CEO of RI Strategy Consulting (and formerly with Parnassus Investments) I recently attended the PRI in Person conference on the Principles for Responsible Investment held in London last September and came away quite impressed. While I came away with plenty of new information to digest, and more than a bit

By Leslie Samuelrich, President of Green Century Capital Management What do the studies demonstrating the value of having women in leadership positions mean for those of us in the field of impact investing? For starters, it is helpful data to concretely back up what many of us already know from our experience – women can

>> Back to June/July 2018 Issue by Geeta Aiyer, president & founder of Boston Common Asset Mgmt For much of my life, I have found myself inadvertently combining two elements that don’t always sit naturally together. For example, trying to balance the demands of parenthood alongside the demands of work, or bringing my Indian roots

>> Back to November 2015 Issue By Gloria Nelund, Chairman & CEO of TriLinc Global, LLC   In 2001, at the age of 40, I became the CEO of Deutsche Bank’s $50B North America Private Wealth Management division, where among 200 executives across the Bank, I was the only woman. As I had done for